Experimental engineering and manual for testing (1903)
Carpenter, Rolla C. (Rolla Clinton), 1852-1919 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 327
§28l.] MEASUREMENT OE PRESSURE, 111 in which works a nicely fitted piston ; this cyHnder connectswith a U-shaped tube ending in a pipe tapped and fitted for … Fig. 136.—Crosby Steam-gauge Testing Apparatus. attaching a gauge. The tube is filled with glycerine, inwhich case a known weight added to the piston produces anequal pressure on the gauge, less the friction of the piston inthe tube. This is almost entirely overcome by giving thev;reight and piston…
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